FileMaker Press Release
FileMaker Pro 8.5 Now Available in Arabic and Hebrew
Best-selling easy-to-use relational database now available for emerging and fast growing Middle Eastern and North African markets.
GRENOBLE, France. – June 1, 2007
–
WinSoft and FileMaker announced the availability of
FileMaker 8.5 Pro Extended English and Extended French versions
with support for Arabic and Hebrew.
Universal Application
– FileMaker Pro 8.5 is a
Universal application, with native support for next generation
Intel-based Macs delivering from up to 91% faster performance for
FileMaker Pro 8.5 compared to running on Mac Power.
This release will be distributed in Middle Eastern and North
African markets where the support of complex scripts like Arabic
and Hebrew is essential.
FileMaker Pro 8.5 for Arabic and Hebrew is the latest localization
made possible through a partnership between FileMaker, Inc. and
WinSoft. The two companies also offer FileMaker Pro 8.5 for Central
and Eastern European countries.
“We are very excited to offer FileMaker Pro to Arabic
and Hebrew users who have been waiting for several years for an
easy-to-use desktop database that supports their own
language,” said Kamel H. Gaddas, WinSoft co-founder and
Engineering Vice President.
Key benefits for Middle Eastern users include:
Arabic and Hebrew data entry, display and printing
— Users can enter and display text in Arabic and Hebrew
languages.
Search/Find-Sort
— FileMaker Pro comes with extra
languages for the sorting and search/find attributes, that allow
users to sort, search and find Middle Eastern text according to
Arabic and Hebrew grammatical rules.
Localized templates
— FileMaker Pro provides extra
sets of templates localized in Arabic and Hebrew. In addition to
the English or French templates, all templates from Home &
Education categories (20 templates for each language) are also
available in Arabic and Hebrew.
Mirror Layout
— FileMaker Pro proposes a specific
feature that allows users to switch in one click, the English
Layout geometry (Left To Right oriented) to an Arabic or Hebrew one
(Right To Left).
New features introduced in FileMaker Pro 8.5 (Extended English and
Extended French versions) include:
FileMaker Web Viewer Control
— This new layout
object allows users to easily connect databases with the critical,
up-to-date Web data. Users can view virtually any type of content
in the Web Viewer that can be viewed in a Web.
New Object Functions and Scripts
— Developers will
be more productive in creating intuitive solutions with new
functions, such as Layout Object Names, Go to Object script steps,
Layout Object calculations, Set Web Viewer script step and List
function.
Availability and System Requirements
FileMaker Pro 8.5 and FileMaker Pro 8.5 Advanced in Extended
English and Extended French are immediately available through
WinSoft channel for FileMaker
products
.
FileMaker Pro 8.5 has the following system requirements: On
Macintosh computers: PowerPC G3, G4, G5 processor or Intel
processor; 256MB of RAM; CD or DVD drive and hard disk drive; Mac
OS X 10.3.9 for PowerPC-based Macs or Mac OS X 10.4.5 for
Intel-based Macs. On Windows: Pentium III 500MHz or
higher; 256MB of RAM; CD or DVD drive and hard disk drive; SVGA
(800 x 600) or higher resolution video adapter and display; Windows
2000 (Service Pack 4), Windows XP (Service Pack 2).
About FileMaker Inc.
FileMaker Pro is used by millions of individuals and workgroups
around the world to be more productive and efficient. Business,
education and government customers rely on FileMaker to manage
people, projects, images, assets and other information. In addition
to being the number one-selling easy-to-use database software, the
award-winning FileMaker product line also includes low-cost
Applications that automate basic business tasks, ready-to-use
Starter Solutions, and tools to create and share solutions from the
desktop to the web. FileMaker, Inc. is a subsidiary of Apple, Inc
(AAPL).
About WinSoft SA
WinSoft
, French
software company based in Grenoble, founded in 1985, is specialized
in the design, development, localization and publishing of software
in emerging markets. As a strategic partner for Apple Computer,
Aldus in the past and Adobe Systems since 1995, WinSoft has
extensive experience in helping software publishers successfully
introduce or expand their business in Central and Eastern Europe,
the Middle East and South East Asia. WinSoft expertise ranges from
software engineering and localization, to production and sales,
right through to in-country marketing and distribution.
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